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This is a new account of mathematics-as-language that challenges the coherence of the accepted idea of infinity and suggests a startlingly new conception of counting.

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"Rotman uses semiotics to focus on the infinite and the meaning of the mathematician's ellipsis. . . . He argues persuasively that a constructive model of the infinite is inherent in the literary acts of mathematicians."—Choice

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CONTENTS ABSTRACT ...1 ...2 ...3 ...4 ...5 ...6 APPENDIX

Ad Infinitum... The Ghost in Turings Machine

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    A Paperback / softback by Brian Rotman


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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/09/1993
      ISBN13: 9780804721288, 978-0804721288
      ISBN10: 0804721289
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      Mathematics Philosophy of mathematics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a new account of mathematics-as-language that challenges the coherence of the accepted idea of infinity and suggests a startlingly new conception of counting.

      Trade Review
      "Rotman uses semiotics to focus on the infinite and the meaning of the mathematician's ellipsis. . . . He argues persuasively that a constructive model of the infinite is inherent in the literary acts of mathematicians."—Choice

      Table of Contents
      CONTENTS ABSTRACT ...1 ...2 ...3 ...4 ...5 ...6 APPENDIX

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